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Laws and resolutions of the State of North Carolina, passed by the General Assembly at its session [1874-1875]

648 1874-'75.
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Private—Chapter 127
CHAPTER CXXVI1.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NOKTII
CAROLINA.
BoaypoMtic. Section 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina, do
enact, The following named persons, viz : William A. Gra-ham,
William Hooper, Thomas Atkinson, Charles Phillips,
Fordyce M. Hnbbaid, Charles F. Deems, Braxton Craven,
William II. Battle, Mathias E. Manly, Bartholomew F.
Moore, Richmond M. Pearson, Edwin G. Reade, Nereus
Mendenhall, John IT. Wheeler, Zebulon B. Vance, Cavlin
H. Wiley, George Davis, William Eaton, Richard B. Creecy,
Gen. D. H. Hill, S. D. Pool, W. C. Kerr, Win. Shaic-speare
Harris, K. P. Battle, G. D. Bernheim, George V.
Strong, Cyrus L. Hunter and Cornelia Phillips Spencer,
their associates and their successors, are created a body cor-porate
under the name of the Historical Society of North
Carolina, with the powers conferred on corporations by the
twenty-sixth chapter of Battle's Revisal, entitled "Corpora-tions,"
as well as those conferred by this act.
First meeting. Sec. 2. The first meeting of the members of said corpo-ration
shall be held at snch time and place the three first
named in this act or either of them shall designate, at which
meeting three shall be a quorum for the transaction of all
business.
By.law8 . Sec. 3. Said corporation shall have power to make such
rules, regulations and by-laws in regard to the meetings of
its members, and the terms of their admission, the mode of
voting, the functions of its officers, the number requisite to
form a quorum and all other matters relating to the govern-ment
of the corporation as may be deemed proper, not
inconsistent with the laws of the land.
Sec. 4. Tiie said corporation shall have authority to ac-quire
and hold such real and personal property as may be
proper for carrying out the objects of its creation, especially

648 1874-'75.
—
Private—Chapter 127
CHAPTER CXXVI1.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NOKTII
CAROLINA.
BoaypoMtic. Section 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina, do
enact, The following named persons, viz : William A. Gra-ham,
William Hooper, Thomas Atkinson, Charles Phillips,
Fordyce M. Hnbbaid, Charles F. Deems, Braxton Craven,
William II. Battle, Mathias E. Manly, Bartholomew F.
Moore, Richmond M. Pearson, Edwin G. Reade, Nereus
Mendenhall, John IT. Wheeler, Zebulon B. Vance, Cavlin
H. Wiley, George Davis, William Eaton, Richard B. Creecy,
Gen. D. H. Hill, S. D. Pool, W. C. Kerr, Win. Shaic-speare
Harris, K. P. Battle, G. D. Bernheim, George V.
Strong, Cyrus L. Hunter and Cornelia Phillips Spencer,
their associates and their successors, are created a body cor-porate
under the name of the Historical Society of North
Carolina, with the powers conferred on corporations by the
twenty-sixth chapter of Battle's Revisal, entitled "Corpora-tions,"
as well as those conferred by this act.
First meeting. Sec. 2. The first meeting of the members of said corpo-ration
shall be held at snch time and place the three first
named in this act or either of them shall designate, at which
meeting three shall be a quorum for the transaction of all
business.
By.law8 . Sec. 3. Said corporation shall have power to make such
rules, regulations and by-laws in regard to the meetings of
its members, and the terms of their admission, the mode of
voting, the functions of its officers, the number requisite to
form a quorum and all other matters relating to the govern-ment
of the corporation as may be deemed proper, not
inconsistent with the laws of the land.
Sec. 4. Tiie said corporation shall have authority to ac-quire
and hold such real and personal property as may be
proper for carrying out the objects of its creation, especially